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Graveside service for Brenda Sue Owens, 67, of Camden, will be held Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Hugh McKinney, Rev. Todd Horton and Rev. Wayne Flowers will officiate. The family received friends Tuesday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to Lakeview Baptist Church.

Paul Theodore Choate, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, N.C. died November 4th. Born December 25, 1915 in Lawrence, MA., he was the son of the late Charles Henry and Pauline Culver Choate. A textile executive, he retired after 41 years of service with The Kendall Company in Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. From 1964 to 1967 he was manager of Kendall's Bethune, S.C. plant.

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Thetis Strock McCreight, 90, of Camden and Magnolias Assisted Living in Summerville were held Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Rowan Presbyterian Church with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Phillip McCoy will officiate. The family received friends Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel. Memorials may be made in Mrs. McCreight's memory to Rowan Presbyterian Church, 818 Ridgeway Road, Lugoff, SC 29078.

Graveside funeral services to celebrate the life of Bessie P. Gibson, 82, of Lugoff will be held Monday, November 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM in Lugoff First Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Memorials may be sent in Mrs. Gibson's memory to Pine Grove Baptist Church, 836 Pine Grove Road, Lugoff, SC 29078.

Memorial services celebrating the life of Given Boyd Webster, 82, of Camden will be held Friday, November 4, 2011, at 2:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Chaplain Joseph Kliebert will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent in Mr. Webster's memory to the James Leroy Belk Post #17 American Legion Endowment Fund, PO Box 456, Camden, SC 29021.

A celebration of life service for William Ernest Wagner, 66, of Camden, will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church. The Rev. Steve Patterson and the Rev. David Weaver Sr. will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church, Lutheran Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.

Funeral service for Ronald Blanding, 63, of Scott Street in Camden, will be held Friday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at Gordon Street Church of God, 1707 Gordon St., Camden, with burial in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Friends may visit at 1216 Belton Court.

Services for Mrs. Gussie Mobley Huckabee, of Bethune, age 108, widow of Dalton J. Huckabee will be Tuesday at 3:00 pm at the Bethune Presbyterian Church. Dr. Guy Oliver and Dr. Sue Arledge will officiate, directed by Norton Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Scotch Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday 1:30 to 3:00 in the church Fellowship Hall.

A graveside service to honor the life of USAF, (Ret.) MSGT Frederick Allen Painter, of Lugoff, with full military rites will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 12:00 noon at Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Rev. Dearld Sterling will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday, October 31 from 3:00 til 5:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Fred to Kershaw County Hospice, 2001 W. Dekalb Street, Camden, SC 29020.

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A celebration of life service for Ruben Harlan Jay, Jr, 67, will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Foundation.

Funeral service for Mary Ruth Hornsby Watts, 81, will be held on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Springvale Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Palmetto Health Hospice, 1400 Pickens St #100, Columbia, SC 29201 or Springvale Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 880, Lugoff, S.C. 29078.

Funeral service for James William "Pete" Nelson, 74, will be held on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, Elgin with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Ken Jackson will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, 2666 Highway 1 South, Elgin, S.C. 29045.

Funeral service for Dorothy Mae Robinson West, 86, will be held on Thursday at Hermitage Baptist Church with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hermitage Baptist Church Kitchen Fund, 814 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Camden, S.C. 29020.

Funeral Services for Wylie Lee Vaughan, 81, will be held Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Sandy Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends today 6-8 p.m. at Powers funeral home.

Dorothy Marie Nussbaum Hayes Mion, 81, of Camden, died Monday, March 23, in Columbia at PalmettoHealth Heart Hospital. She was born in Washington, DC, and lived for most of her life in Glen Echo, MD. She spent many years managing the business side of the studio at their Glen Echo home of her former husband, artist Pierre Mion, and then became secretary of Kenwood Country Club, in Bethesda, MD, after a brief period at US News & World Report.

Ms. Janita Josey, 70, of Brooklyn, NY, formerly of Camden, South Carolina, passed on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Nelson-Haile Funeral Home.